Today was a blog discussion day.
US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act
- Allowed people who were 18 to go into the army.
- It was the draft and forced them to go.
- Used until 1973 to fill military needs.
- After 1973 U.S. millitary depended on volunteers to fill needs.
2. Women's role in WWII
- Started working.
- Nurses and non-combatent parts of the war.
- Rosie the Riveter- representted women workers in WWII.
- Typists, taxi drivers, teachers were other jobs had.
- WAVES- women's navy- radio operators.
- WASP- women's army service pilots- test planes
Tokyo Rose- forced to broadcast propaganda to the Allied troops for Japan, convicted of treason.
3. African-American's role in WWII
- Registered for draft.
- Segragated units.
- Couldn't fight in the front line to begin with, they were cooks and janitors.
- Tuskegee Arimen- good bombers.
- If they couldn't fight, they had other roles in the homefront.
4. Asian's role in WWII
- Forced from their homes after Pearl Harbor.
- Japenese born in the U.S. volunteered to fight to regain trust.
- Had to wear tags.
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
- Bob Hope- went over to Pacific Theater and entertained the troops.
- Loony Toons- entertained people and propaganda.
- Show news reels before movies.
6. Office of Price Administration
- Set up by FDR in 1941.
- Set up ration books and propaganda pieces.
- USO- United Service Org.- entertaining people of U.S.
- A sticker- 4 gallons of gas per week.
7. War Production Board
8. National War Labor Board
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
16. Battle of the Bulge
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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